Tukuk-OS📅 April 10
16 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on April 10? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2019 — Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope project released the first image of the black hole at the center of the galaxy M87.
- 2009 — Fijian President Ratu Josefa Iloilo announced that he had suspended the constitution and assumed all governance in the country after it was ruled that the government of Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama was illegal.
Josefa Iloilo2009 Fijian constitutional crisis1997 Constitution of Fiji
- 1992 — First Nagorno-Karabakh War: Dozens of Armenian civilians were massacred in the village of Maraga by Azerbaijani forces.
First Nagorno-Karabakh WarMaraga massacreMaragha, Azerbaijan
- 1973 — In the deadliest aviation accident in Swiss history, Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashed into a hillside near Hochwald, killing 108 people of 145 on board.
Invicta International Airlines Flight 435Hochwald, Switzerland
- 1970 — In the midst of business disagreements with his bandmates, Paul McCartney announced his departure from the Beatles.
- 1963 — The U.S. Navy nuclear submarine USS Thresher (SSN-593) sank with all hands lost during deep-diving tests in the North Atlantic Ocean.
- 1944 — The Holocaust: Slovak Jewish prisoners Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escaped from Auschwitz, later publishing a report that became one of the earliest and most detailed descriptions of the camp's mass killings.
- 1925 — The Great Gatsby (cover pictured), a novel by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald, was first published by Scribner's.
- 1919 — Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata was shot to death near Ciudad Ayala, Morelos.
- 1866 — The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was founded in New York City by Henry Bergh.
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to AnimalsHenry Bergh
- 1858 — Big Ben, the bell in the Palace of Westminster's clock tower in London, was cast after the original bell cracked during testing.
- 1815 — Mount Tambora (pictured) in Indonesia began the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history, killing at least 71,000 people and affecting temperatures worldwide.
Mount Tambora1815 eruption of Mount TamboraYear Without a Summer
- 1809 — Napoleonic Wars: The War of the Fifth Coalition began with the Austrian invasion of Bavaria, then a client state of France.
- 1741 — War of the Austrian Succession: Prussian forces defeated Austrian troops at the Battle of Mollwitz in present-day Małujowice, Poland, cementing Frederick II's authority over the newly conquered territory of Silesia.
War of the Austrian SuccessionKingdom of PrussiaHabsburg monarchy
- 1724 — Bach led the first performance of his cantata Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen, his first cantata composed for Easter in Leipzig.
- 847 — Pope Leo IV was consecrated without imperial consent following the Saracen sack of Rome.
Births
- 2004 — Ismaël Gharbi, French-Spanish footballer
- 2004 — Savinho, Brazilian footballer
- 2000 — Fidias Panayiotou, Cypriot internet celebrity and politician
- 1997 — Claire Wineland, American activist and author (died 2018)
- 1996 — Andreas Christensen, Danish footballer
- 1994 — Siobhan Hunter, Scottish footballer
- 1992 — Jack Buchanan, Australian rugby league player
- 1992 — Chaz Mostert, Australian racing driver
- 1992 — Daisy Ridley, English actress
- 1990 — Ben Amos, English footballer
- 1990 — Andile Jali, South African footballer
- 1990 — Alex Pettyfer, English actor
Deaths
- 2026 — Eliot Engel, American politician (born 1947)
- 2026 — Anja Hatakka, Finnish actress and beauty pageant competitor (born 1938)
- 2026 — Sid Krofft, Canadian-American puppeteer and producer (born 1929)
- 2026 — Browning Nagle, American football player (born 1968)
- 2025 — Leo Beenhakker, Dutch football manager (born 1942)
- 2025 — Ted Kotcheff, Canadian film and television director (born 1931)
- 2025 — Peter Lovesey, British writer (born 1936)
- 2024 — O. J. Simpson, American football player, actor, and broadcaster (born 1947)
- 2023 — Al Jaffee, American cartoonist (born 1921)
- 2016 — Howard Marks, Welsh cannabis smuggler, writer, and legalisation campaigner (born 1945)
- 2015 — Richie Benaud, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (born 1930)
- 2015 — Rose Francine Rogombé, Gabonese lawyer and politician, President of Gabon (born 1942)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Blessed Anthony Neyrot
- Christian feast day: Fulbert of Chartres
- Christian feast day: James, Azadanus and Abdicius
- Christian feast day: Magdalene of Canossa
- Christian feast day: Mikael Agricola (Lutheran)
- Christian feast day: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (Episcopal Church)
- Christian feast day: William of Ockham (Anglicanism)
- Christian feast day: William Law (Anglicanism)
- Christian feast day: April 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Day of the Builder (Azerbaijan)
- Feast of the Third Day of the Writing of the Book of the Law (Thelema)
- Siblings Day (International observance)
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